Getting free stuff is always nice, but I would love to see atleast one of the T5U ships for free aswell, since gathering all the Zen takes ages and being on disability doesn't let me buy or Master Keys or the ship itself (I know you can get the Master Keys for 2m EC a piece on the Exchange). Eitherway thanks PWE and Cryptic.
Yeah - it's looks like we got also lucky bug - i managed to claim and unpack second "Polytrinic Acid Horta" on 9 of my 11 toons - It was last year (i think) giveaway - also on Promotions tab - an unique combat pet - only one per toon
This is not a real C-store item as such as this stuff can be obtained through other means. I hope we won't get a doff pack next lol but something more tangible. It's free so still appeciated!
Tyr shall give me strength! For the glory of Tempus! I am the hands of Shar! Flames of Kossuth, protect me! Oghma, grant me knowledge! Lolth commands, and I obey!
Well that's underwhelming, I was hoping for a tier 1 or 2 ship, and I get.....
A R&D pack......
and whoop de doo
Yah even worse is I most of use didn't read fully and prob put it on our none econ account....grrrrrrr
I was really expecting it to be something like this. While most other games gives out free ships/armor nifty items per char, we get one thing that isn't that big of a deal per account. Way to go cryptic.
Do not get to angry - ships were never given 1st day - wait for 3rd day - maybe then we will get something flyable
Besides - soon we will get grind for new T6 ship - read blog about Anniversary Celebrations
The giveaway item is not bound. Somehow that feels like a mistake.
Naaaah.
If they leave it unbound, it's useful to everyone. If they make the Pack (and its contents) bound, it's only useful to crafters. With it being one per account rather than per Captain... yeah, unbound makes sense.
With each passing day I wonder if I stepped into an alternate reality. The Cubs win the world series. Donald Trump is President. Britain leaves the EU. STO gets a dedicated PvP season. Engineers are "out of control" in STO.
This does get a little better mileage than an outfit. I mostly play KDF so unless they give away ther mercenary outfit, I pretty much have everything. Feds shop at Macy's... everything under the sun to wear. KDF shops at a space parts dealer for clothes I think. :P With the R&D box, I got Argonite this time. It's one I get as much. So I appreciate this much more than a fed outfit.
Interesting that the first of the giveaways was an item that could be claimed and used by any faction... I wonder if all the giveaways will be this time... Players have been complaining that so many of the past offerings were specific to one faction that they may have come up with four items that are faction-neutral...
Will have to see...
CM
Edit: sometimes i hate autocorrect, lol...
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First off, thanks for the gift. It's not exactly what I'd expected (not everyone goes in for crafting) but hey, always nice to be surprised.
Now, my second point is to everyone saying they hope for t5 ships; if we get that, it'll probably be sans console, or if it does include the console, the ship we'll get will be one of the ones with variants I.e. Vesta, as tetechnically, they won't lose out; most people buy them as the bundle as they want all the consoles, so people will still buy the other two for the same price as the bundle. In that scenario, I just hope the player can pick which specialisation.
Shame really. That Galaxy retrofit with saucer sep would be a nice addition to my dreadnought... Hehe
If the final giveaway is on Thursday, how are we to get the item? after all the first item and info for that item didnt get released until after 10 am PDT (1pm EDT)
However, I would assume the patch for the anniversary will start at 7am PDT (10am EDT), so that would mean that unless you release the last item super early in the morning or allow players to collect the last giveaway item after the anniversary patch, then I dont foresee anyone getting it...
Interesting that the first of the giveaways was an item that could be claimed and used by any faction... I wonder if all the giveaways will be this time... Players have been complaining that so many of the past offerings were specific to one faction that they may have come up with four items that are faction-neutral...
Will have to see...
CM
Edit: sometimes i hate autocorrect, lol...
Well, last year's (year 4) giveaway were a combat horta (non-faction specific, day 1), BoP/Defiant bridge packs (day 2), Gladius/SuQub ships (day 3) and ToS era uniforms (day 4). Aside from the uniforms, every faction got something 3 out of 4 days they could use. It's just the Roms didn't get something unique for their faction, but for which ever side the Rom character is allied with, it could use the item that faction got.
Not sure how a single non-faction item is much different from multiple faction items (on the same day)... aside from uniqueness in the case of Roms.
And it's only 1 out of the four days that it was something that one faction got but other factions didn't get even a variant of... the ToS uniforms on day 4.
According to my account creation date, I started playing late Feb 2013, so I JUST missed the year 3 event and can't say much about it. Dunno what, if anything was given away then... google isn't turning up much.
If the final giveaway is on Thursday, how are we to get the item? after all the first item and info for that item didnt get released until after 10 am PDT (1pm EDT)
However, I would assume the patch for the anniversary will start at 7am PDT (10am EDT), so that would mean that unless you release the last item super early in the morning or allow players to collect the last giveaway item after the anniversary patch, then I dont foresee anyone getting it...
Just curious
Why would it be a problem? Last year's giveaway overlapped the first day of the anniversary too. Not sure about "everyone," but I got all the items without a hitch.
The giveaway is just a time limited 0 zen cost to an item. Not an item that needs to be patched in/out.
Now, my second point is to everyone saying they hope for t5 ships; if we get that, it'll probably be sans console, or if it does include the console, the ship we'll get will be one of the ones with variants I.e. Vesta, as tetechnically, they won't lose out; most people buy them as the bundle as they want all the consoles, so people will still buy the other two for the same price as the bundle.
In the past, they've given away T5 ships with fleet variants, so you have an incentive to spend money to upgrade. You now have the same incentive going from T5 to T5u. Also, the giveaway ship's the same as what's in the C store (including console). Otherwise it'd be a pain to handle, since they're reclaimable.
If the final giveaway is on Thursday, how are we to get the item? after all the first item and info for that item didnt get released until after 10 am PDT (1pm EDT)
...
Just curious
You look at it wrong- the dates and hours calculate to 3x 24 hours - so it's 3 giveaways .
Last year 4th item (the uniforms - i think) was special, because of technical problems or something, they prolonged it.
I'm hoping that this year they offer the Eisilum Crystal Horta combat pet as an account-wide unlock. Hortas hunting Hirogen = hilarious!
To Cryptic: Many thanks for the Anniversary Giveaways past, present and future - they are much appreciated! I for one can certainly use the R&D pack, but even if I couldn't, the thought is appreciated!
Interesting that the first of the giveaways was an item that could be claimed and used by any faction... I wonder if all the giveaways will be this time... Players have been complaining that so many of the past offerings were specific to one faction that they may have come up with four items that are faction-neutral...
Will have to see...
CM
Edit: sometimes i hate autocorrect, lol...
the first "gift" was a promo for the R&D pack. Likely no one is buying them so they want to show us how nifty they are and increase sales.
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I like your thinking
Thanks for the freebie!
CM
The Exchange has pretty much already ground to a halt.
For the glory of Tempus!
I am the hands of Shar!
Flames of Kossuth, protect me!
Oghma, grant me knowledge!
Lolth commands, and I obey!
The miranda is the free starter ship. I believe it was the oberth?
Yah even worse is I most of use didn't read fully and prob put it on our none econ account....grrrrrrr
I was really expecting it to be something like this. While most other games gives out free ships/armor nifty items per char, we get one thing that isn't that big of a deal per account. Way to go cryptic.
Besides - soon we will get grind for new T6 ship - read blog about Anniversary Celebrations
oh sorry, I mean: Waahhh me not get big T5 Prometheus for PewPew
Naaaah.
If they leave it unbound, it's useful to everyone. If they make the Pack (and its contents) bound, it's only useful to crafters. With it being one per account rather than per Captain... yeah, unbound makes sense.
No, you're right, it was the Gladius Refit (though, I had to double check since I hadn't realized it was a "refit").
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When I first opened up the STO-Arc website, I thought the Kobali ship was the first giveaway... I was.. :eek:
Then I read and saw "Q-mendations"... and then was... :rolleyes:
Now I gotta figure out what to do with my R&D pack... hum. I've got no complaints about it... just don't know which of my characters will use it.
Will have to see...
CM
Edit: sometimes i hate autocorrect, lol...
Now, my second point is to everyone saying they hope for t5 ships; if we get that, it'll probably be sans console, or if it does include the console, the ship we'll get will be one of the ones with variants I.e. Vesta, as tetechnically, they won't lose out; most people buy them as the bundle as they want all the consoles, so people will still buy the other two for the same price as the bundle. In that scenario, I just hope the player can pick which specialisation.
Shame really. That Galaxy retrofit with saucer sep would be a nice addition to my dreadnought... Hehe
If the final giveaway is on Thursday, how are we to get the item? after all the first item and info for that item didnt get released until after 10 am PDT (1pm EDT)
However, I would assume the patch for the anniversary will start at 7am PDT (10am EDT), so that would mean that unless you release the last item super early in the morning or allow players to collect the last giveaway item after the anniversary patch, then I dont foresee anyone getting it...
Just curious
Well, last year's (year 4) giveaway were a combat horta (non-faction specific, day 1), BoP/Defiant bridge packs (day 2), Gladius/SuQub ships (day 3) and ToS era uniforms (day 4). Aside from the uniforms, every faction got something 3 out of 4 days they could use. It's just the Roms didn't get something unique for their faction, but for which ever side the Rom character is allied with, it could use the item that faction got.
Not sure how a single non-faction item is much different from multiple faction items (on the same day)... aside from uniqueness in the case of Roms.
And it's only 1 out of the four days that it was something that one faction got but other factions didn't get even a variant of... the ToS uniforms on day 4.
According to my account creation date, I started playing late Feb 2013, so I JUST missed the year 3 event and can't say much about it. Dunno what, if anything was given away then... google isn't turning up much.
Why would it be a problem? Last year's giveaway overlapped the first day of the anniversary too. Not sure about "everyone," but I got all the items without a hitch.
The giveaway is just a time limited 0 zen cost to an item. Not an item that needs to be patched in/out.
In the past, they've given away T5 ships with fleet variants, so you have an incentive to spend money to upgrade. You now have the same incentive going from T5 to T5u. Also, the giveaway ship's the same as what's in the C store (including console). Otherwise it'd be a pain to handle, since they're reclaimable.
You look at it wrong- the dates and hours calculate to 3x 24 hours - so it's 3 giveaways
Last year 4th item (the uniforms - i think) was special, because of technical problems or something, they prolonged it.
To Cryptic: Many thanks for the Anniversary Giveaways past, present and future - they are much appreciated! I for one can certainly use the R&D pack, but even if I couldn't, the thought is appreciated!
the first "gift" was a promo for the R&D pack. Likely no one is buying them so they want to show us how nifty they are and increase sales.